getting-started-strings/slides.org
author Puneeth Chaganti <punchagan@fossee.in>
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:47:21 +0530
changeset 436 e62bc810999c
parent 313 b9b7bfce773e
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Cleaned up getting started with strings LO.

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* Outline
*** Defining strings
*** Concatenation
*** Accessing individual elements
*** Immutability of strings
* Question 1
  Obtain the string ~%% -------------------- %%~ (20 hyphens) without
  typing out all the twenty hyphens.
* Solution 1
  #+begin_src python
    s = "%% " + "-"*20 + " %%"
  #+end_src
* Question 2
  Given a string, ~s~ which is ~Hello World~ , what is the output of::
  #+begin_src python
    s[-5] 
    s[-10]
    s[-15]
  #+end_src
* Solution 2
  #+begin_src python
    'W'
    'e'
    IndexError
  #+end_src
* Summary
  In this tutorial we have learnt
    + How to define strings
    + Different ways of defining a string
    + String concatenation and repetition
    + Accessing individual elements of the string
    + Immutability of strings
  
* Thank you!
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    \textcolor{blue}{National Mission on Education through \\
      Information \& Communication Technology \\ 
      MHRD, Govt. of India}.
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